Choerodon
| Choerodon | |
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| Blue-spotted tuskfish (C. cauteroma) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Subfamily: | Hypsigenyinae |
| Genus: | Choerodon Bleeker, 1849 |
| Type species | |
| Labrus macrodontus Lacépède, 1801 | |
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Choerodon is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. They originated in the Miocene, when the Australian and Eurasian Plates collided. They are commonly referred to as tuskfish, because most species have sharp tusk-like teeth.